Nahum David Norbert Buch (Hebrew: נחום בוך; 23 November 1932 – 7 November 2022)[1] was an Israeli Olympic swimmer.[2]

Swimming career

Buch participated in swimming in the 1950 Maccabiah Games, where he shared the Best Athlete Award.[3][4]

Buch competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 19 in Swimming--Men's 100 metre Freestyle.[2] He came in 7th in his heat in the first round, with a time of 1:05.6.[2] Buch was the first swimmer to represent Israel at the Olympics.[5]

Later in his life Buch coached the Israeli national swimming team for a number of years.[5][6]

In 2019 he was recognized for his contribution to swimming by young Australian Jewish swimmers.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "נחום בוך, השחיין הישראלי הראשון באולימפיאדה, נפטר בגיל 90". sports.walla.co.il. 7 November 2022. (in Hebrew)
  2. 1 2 3 "David Buch Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Galily, Yair; Ben-Porat, Amir (2013). Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Routledge. ISBN 9781317967910.
  4. ↑ "Israel Directory". Miksam Limited. 2003.
  5. 1 2 "Swimming for Gold, Wearing Blue and White". Tower Magazine. 9 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Anat Hoffman Dares to Take On Israel’s Orthodox Establishment. Can She Win?", Moment, March–April 2013
  7. ↑ "Jewish swimming pioneer inspires next gen". The Australian Jewish News. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.


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